Halle Berry and Michael Douglas are set to star in the Adrian Lyne-directed SILENCE. Set in the snow-covered Christmas streets of Chicago in the ’60s, the movie follows a man named John Carpenter whose life is saved by a stranger named Silence during a deadly riot. Berry is repped by CAA. Douglas is repped by UTA.

Diane Krueger, who stars in the forthcoming The Infiltrator opposite Bryan Cranston, has been tapped to star in her first German language project, AUS DEM NICHTS (IN THE FADE) directed by Fatih Akin, who helmed Why We Took The Car. Details about the film have been kept under wraps. She is repped by UTA and UBBA.

Frequent Steven Spielberg collaborator and Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski will direct THE RABBIT GARDEN. The film is based on the life of Holocaust survivor and celebrated author Jerzy Kosinki who is known for works such as The Painted Bird and Being There. Kaminski is repped by ICM Partners.

The Joel Hopkins-directed HAMPSTEAD starring Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson has added Lesley Manville, James Norton, Jason Watkins, and Simon Callow to the cast. Inspired by true events, the movie follows Emily Walters (Keaton), who lives in an affluent part of London who helps save a man named Daniel (Gleeson) getting attacked outside of his ramshackle hut. It turns out that property developers are attempting to remove Daniel from his home so when Emily tries to befriend him, he is suspicious but polite. When she finds out about his situation, she sides with him.

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